Roseann Sdoia stood near bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

A Northeastern University student who came to the aid of a Boston Marathon bombing victim learned the name of the woman whose life he saved Tuesday, ending days of what he called the "terrible experience" of not knowing if she had survived.

Within minutes after a photo of Shores Salter, of Reading, holding a belt used as a tourniquet was posted on WCVB.com, the station's Facebook page and Twitter feed, Salter said he immediately began receiving text messages from his high school friends.

Now, Salter said he wants to meet Roseann Sdoia and tell her what an inspiration she is.

Sdoia, of Dracut, was gravely wounded when one of the bombs exploded on Boylston Street. In a photo, bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev can be seen behind her. The photo shows the bomb right under her feet.

"When that bomb went off, I did look down and there was a pool of blood and it was quickly filling. I was thinking, 'If this is coming from me I'm going to die,'" Sdoia told NewsCenter 5's Kathy Curran.

A photo taken in the aftermath of the bombings shows a man, now identified as Salter, using a belt as a tourniquet.

Sdoia believes it is the man who gave her emergency medical treatment.

"I count my blessings that one individual pulled me from the sidewalk and started the tourniquet on my leg," Sdoia said.

Salter said he was walking toward the Boston Marathon finish line after attending a party with friends when he heard the first of the bombs go off. It was only after the second explosion that he realized what had happened.

He was standing across the street from Sdoia and look at what he described as a "war zone." Something, he said, drew him to her among all of the people who needed help.

Two other rescuers also rushed to help and Salter said somehow they got the belt around her. He applied pressure to her wounds to help stem the bleeding. Sdoia was then rushed to a waiting ambulance.

Salter said it has been terrible to have gone through the experience and not know what became of the woman he helped.

Sdoia's leg had to be amputated above the knee and she has burns on her arm and staples in her stomach.

Salter said he looks forward to seeing Sdoia at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital where she continues her recovery.

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Three people were killed and more than 250 injured in the two bombings that rocked the Boston Marathon. Just days later, an MIT police officer was killed.

BOSTON. I'VE SHOT A COUPLE OF MOVIES HERE AND I LOVE THIS CITY. SPACEY SPENT TIME VISITING THE HOSPITAL STAFF, THE SURVIVORS, TOO, THE HOSPITAL STUFF AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL. SHE WAS RIGHT NEXT TO ONE OF THE MARATHON BOMBS WHEN IT EXPLODED. ROSEANN SURVIVED THANKS TO THIS MYSTERY MAN. TONIGHT HE'S NOT A MYSTERY. AND SHE'S JOINING US FROM CHARLESTOWN, GREAT STORY. IT IS, AND THIS IS THAT MYSTERY MAN IN THE AFTERMATHS OF THOSE BOMBINGS. WE POSTED HIS PICTURE ONLINE AND GOT TONS OF RESPONSE. WHEN WE REACHED OUT TO HIM, HE SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE A HERO, HE WAS RELIEVED TO KNOW THE PERSON HE HELPED WAS OKAY. THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, THAT'S ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT, WHO THIS WOMAN WAS, WAS SHE OKAY. THEY WERE TWO STRANGERS EXPERIENCING THE WORST DAYS OF HER LIVES TOGETHER. HE A 20-YEAR-OLD NORTHERN UNIVERSITY STUDENT WALKING TOWARD THE MARATHON FINISH LINE. SHE WAS DRACUT WOMAN WAITING FOR FRIENDS TO COMPLETE THE RACE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF BOYLSTON STREET. WHEN THE BOMB WENT OFF, ROSEANN SDOIA WAG BADLY HURT. AND I LOOKED DOWN, AND SAW THE BLOOD, IF THIS IS COMING FROM ME, I'M GOING TO DIE. AND HE DIDN'T KNOW WHY, BUT HE GRAVITATED TOWARD HER. AND I WENT OVER TO HER AND PICKED HER UP AND SAID WE'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE AND SHE WAS LIKE, I KNOW. THIS PICTURE SHOWS HIM USING A BELT AS A TOURNIQUET AND HE SAYS A PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT NEARBY GAVE HIM INSTRUCTIONS AND NEVER KNOWING EACH OTHER'S NAME. AND NOT KNOWING IF THEY'RE OKAY IS A TERRIBLE FEELING TO HAVE. AND ROSEANN ASKED FOR HELP TO LOCATE HER HERO. I WISH I KNEW WHO THAT PERSON WAS, BUT HE TRULY SAVED ME. WITHIN MINUTES OF POSTING HIS PICTURE, WE GOT CALLS AND SO DID HE. NOW THE TWO PLAN TO REUNITE ON WHAT COULD VERY WELL BE THE BEST DAY OF BOTH OF THEIR LIVES. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GIVE HER A BIG HUG. I COULDN'T HAVE MET A MORE STRONG PERSON THAT DAY. AND ROSEANN IS HERE AT SPAULDING REHAB. SHE DID HAVE TO HAVE A LEG

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